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In PLOS Biology this week, you can read about a fundamental step in the making of plant oils and the pitfalls of material transfer agreements. Fatty Acid Export in Plants Oils from plant seeds provide the basis for many … Continue reading
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Reproducibility is one of the holy grails of effective, open biomedical literature. But too often resources (e.g. model organisms, software, antibodies) are not reported with sufficient detail to ensure others can replicate or expand upon the results. Today sees PLOS … Continue reading
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In this bumper week for PLOS Biology, you can read about bat navigation, transmission of longevity, new neurons for old brains, how yeast anticipate change, a serious downside of illegal drug laws, and how to prioritise conservation efforts. Why … Continue reading
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In PLOS Biology this week, you can read about the the next 10 years of microbiome research, low-cost antimicrobial screening as an educational tool, and a potential new diabetes drug. Transmission and Control of Ebola Virus Disease Following on … Continue reading
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In PLOS Biology this week you can read about modelling Ebola containment measures, a conceptual framework for IPBES, and new insights into how the injectisome works. Fighting Ebola in Liberia In 2014, a major epidemic of human Ebola virus … Continue reading
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In PLOS Biology this week you can read about the perception and self-regulation of pain, a computational model of operant learning and improving the computer-friendliness of phenotypic data. Two Parallel Pathways to Pain Understanding how pain is processed in the … Continue reading
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In PLOS Biology this week you can read about wolves in Yellowstone National Park, regulation of hair growth, how proteins evolve new RNA-binding functions and the regulation of heat-shock response by histone demethylation. Yellowstone Wolves and their Effects on … Continue reading
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In PLOS Biology this week you can read about life without microbes, host-parasite coevolution, the temporal precision of distinguishing odours and how viruses package their genomes. Life in a World without Microbes According to Louis Pasteur, “Life would not … Continue reading
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In PLOS Biology this week, you can read about neural activity in bird song, the utility of mathematical models in evolutionary biology, how diet can shape the genome and the robustness of protein interaction networks. Oiseaux Exotiques: How Birds … Continue reading
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In PLOS Biology this week, you can read about the sequence of the centipede genome, alternative publication metrics, how we pay attention to our sense of touch, and the information bandwidth of human neurons. What Goes “99-Thump”? The Centipede … Continue reading
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